Improvement in oil-cans



i or other material.

UNITED .STATES JOHN BRUGHTON, OF NEW-YORK, N. Y.

IMPRONE-MENT lNrclL-CANS.

'Speccaton'fonnin'g part of Letters Patentl No. 13.6'35'5 -ldatcd March7, 1865.

2b au whom, it may 'concer-n.3

Be -it known that I, JOHN BRoUGHron, in the city, county, and State of New. York, have invented anew and usefullmprovement in Oil-Cans orOilers, andldo hereby declare that the following is a full, clealy'andexact description thereof, which will 'enable .others skilled inthe artto make-'andus'e 'the same, reference `being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, nwhich- Figure lis avertical central. section oi" my invention; Fig. 2, an external view oreleva-l -ho1esf, while the air escapes out through the 'tion oi' thesame. L

Similar .letters of reference indicate like parts.

This inveniionrelates to an improvement in the construction of loil-cansor oilers, such as 'are generally used by mechanics for lubricatingmachinery, vdepositing oil onvv stones or honesfzc. v

The object of the invention isto facilitate the iilling of .the can andprevent the ovcrflowi ing of the same-a contingencyof frequent'occurrence, and .which is the cause'of consideI-,

able annoyance, attended with wasteioi' oil or other lubricatingmaterial used.

rJjhe invention consists in combining a transparent chamber with theordinary body of' the \ca,n in such a manner that when the foil or otherlubricating-huid is p oured in the 'rising' surface of the latter willbe apparent to the eye before the can is entirely-iilled, thereby fobviating. the difficulty-above'alluded'tof A represents the metallicbody of await-cau provided' withthe usual spring-bottom? a.; or the bodymay'be of indiaru bber, gutta-perch,a,

B is a hollow globe or chamber, of' glass or other transparent material,provided with a central opening at its top and bottom.

. C is a nletaltnbe, which passes through the transparent'ohamber-B, andis 'provided at itsv the chamber, while its lower end is connected, bysoldering or other means, with the metallic body A at c. ThefbodyA atits junction with B is spun inward and downward, asY shown at tom of thetransparent chamber B to rest upon. The tube G is providedwith-lateralholes f at its `upperand lower parts within the chamber B, to allow theoil or other fluid to ill B lby entering, as it rises, through the lowerupper holes f. An elastic or flexible washer, g, is placed between theshoulder bof C and -the fchamber B, and a similar washer, g', is placedon the shoulder cx, betweenit and the chamber B. y A' y .Dis the nozzle,which is'screwed into the lupperend of 0. v

Theoperation is as follows: The nozzle D being unscrcwed, the oil oriiiiid is poured into the can in the ordinary manner, and when themetallic portion A is filled it'will rise in the tube vGand pass fromthence through the lower holes finto the transparent chamber. B, whilethe air will escape'through the upper holes f, the rising surface orlevel of the lubricating-fluid being apparent .to the eye as soon asitreaches the transparentchaiuber BL I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters lPa .t-ent-'A f I An 'oil-can or oiler having a transparentchamber applied t-o orcombined with its me tallic or opaque body andnozzle, to operate s ub'stantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

JOHN BROUGHTON, I

,upper end with a shoulder, b, which rests ou cx', to meet thecircumference of tube ),there* by forming a shoulder or support for thebot-`

